Anita: Director's Cut (2022)
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Cast & Crew.
Louise Wong
Anita Mui
Terrance Lau
Leslie Cheung
Fish Liew
Ann Mui
Lam Ka-tung
So Hau-leung
Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah
Florence
Tony Yang
Ben Lam
Michael Ning
Michael Lai
Ayumu Nakajima
Goto Yuki
David Siu
Kwok
Ram Chiang
Recordist
Carlos Chan Ka-Lok
Adam Cheng
Louis Koo
Anthony Pun Yiu-Ming
Director of Photography
Kubert Leung Kiu-Pak
Music
Wai-Lun Ng
Writer
Brandon English
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 2, 2022
Original Name梅艷芳:導演版
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes5
Running Time42m
Genres
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Anita (Chinese: 梅艷芳) is a 2021 Hong Kong biographical musical drama film about Cantopop star Anita Mui directed by Longman Leung, with a script written by Leung and Jack Ng. Louise Wong, in her screen role debut, stars as the titular singer, depicting her life from childhood until her last moments before her death of cervical cancer in 2003. The film features an ensemble cast, including Fish Liew, Gordon Lam and Louis Koo in supporting roles.
Production of the biopic began in the 2010s when Bill Kong, president of Edko Films, initiated the project to commemorate Mui's legacy. Leung signed on the project and took over a year to write the script with Ng, as well as finalize the cast. Principal photography took place in 2018.
Although its initial 2020 release date was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic, Anita was released in Hong Kong on 12 November 2021, followed by some Southeast Asia countries in the same month. The film received mixed to positive reviews, and made its HK$12M box-office debut with previous preview screenings.
An extended director's cut, featuring 1 hour of extra footage, was released digitally as five-episode miniseries on Disney+ through Star starting from 2 February 2022.